Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> Looks like a ten minute improvement in trip time
> to St Louis. That's a nice start.
>
> From the status board, it looks like some trains
> have been arriving 10 minutes to 17 minutes early
> at STL over the past few days

It's 110MPH from MP 75.0 to Mp 90.5. You can't make up 10 minutes in that small distance. If all the trains meet at their scheduled time in the timetable, then almost always they will arrive early into their final destination. The scheduled is padded.

Hey, it's only 20 miles right now. More will be added. I don't know what the status is on the signal upgrades on the other parts of the line. From what I read a year ago, that is what will spread the improvement between Joliet and Alton. Also I wonder if 303/306 might not be faced with an equipment shortage. Are enough properly equipped locomotives available to run four roundtrips daily at this point?